MISSIONS Lewis County Mission Trip in August 3-6, 2008 Here is your chance to do something for those folks whose homes and properties were wiped out during this winters flood in Lewis County. Members of our congregation (12 years old and older) will caravan to Chehalis where they will stay at St John’s Lutheran Church. Kitchen facilities and showers are available but sleeping will be on the floor so plan on sleeping bags and air mattresses. Diane Camp is planning the meals. Work assignments are under the direction of Joyce Carr of the Olympic Presbytery. Workers will be commissioned during the August 3 worship service. The caravan will leave from Marcus Whitman at 4:30 that afternoon and will return on the evening of Aug 6th. Contact Georgie Nupen 206-878-4137 to volunteer or for more information.
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Adam Caudillo to participate in Ecuador Mission Trip 2007 The team will be in Ecuador from August 8-20. They will fly into Quito, travel South to Shell-Mera, where they will stage their flight/trip to the Mashient Village. Shell-Mera is located in the province of Pastaza. It's the last point on the road east before the jungle starts and runs 2000 miles to Brazil. The Mashient Village is located over the East Andes Mountains in the Amazon Jungle, East of Quito and roughly 500 miles south of the Equator near the border of Peru. Mashient is an Achuar Tribe, the village land is located in the Province of Pastaza on the Mashient River which runs into a larger river [equivalent to the Mississippi] called the Pastaza River.
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Weinberg plans “Tumekutana” first Conference for African Women Word has come from Caryl Weinberg that the African Women's Leadership Conference, "Tumekutana" or We Have Come Together, is actually coming together. In September Christian women representing African partners of Presbyterian Church (USA) will come together in Nairobi Kenya. The first group of its kind, these representatives from 18 African countries will have an opportunity to share their experiences with each other and to learn from each other about their fight against AIDS and their mutual struggles. Presbyterian Women (PCUSA) has allocated $30,000 for the conference, but women like Monique, who coordinates women’s initiative groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must find their own way to travel to and from Nairobi. (Our own women’s association has been contributing to the support of the BOMOKO group and has contributed toward room and board for one woman.) You can help by praying for the success of the conference and for the safe travel of the participants. Information about other contributions to the conference is on the bulletin board.
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It’s time to check out the sales for school supplies as once more we will collect school supplies for Parkside School. Even though Parkside’s current building is being torn down, our neighborhood students will still be together. They will be bussed to Manhattan school until the new building is finished. Almost half of the Parkside students qualify for free or reduced price lunches. Nearly a quarter of them are bilingual students. Please check the supply list on below before you do your shopping as there are some specific quantities or colors needed for items like crayons or folders. If you are unable to shop and still want to participate, you may contribute money. Just mark your envelope Parkside and put it in the offering plate. Thanks for your help! School Needs at Parkside Elementary
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Parkside to hold Math Tutoring Program here... The Session has approved the use of our fellowship hall for a summer Math Tutoring program on Fridays from June 27th through August 29th. Approximately 6-10 students will be brushing up on their math from noon to 2 p.m. |
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Missions in Africa - Missionary: The Boyd Family
News from Mano Con Mano in Guatemala Bill and Sue Jones write from Guatemala that ninety-five per cent of the women and children enrolled in the feeding program are doing amazingly well. They are searching for a nutritionist who might be willing to give advice through the internet and help with menus for the more difficult 5 per cent. Do you know anyone who might fit this need? Brennan and Maria Jose Doyle, have agreed to join MCM as missionaries, and will be overseeing the MCM Guatemala ministry. Brennan has been a missionary in Guatemala for 6 years. Maria Jose, his wife, is Guatemalan and "happens to be" the architect that designed the feeding center. They will give Bill and Sue the help they have been praying for, and an opportunity for a furlough. For this to happen, they need the nutritional program to be running smoothly, jobs transitioned to others, and their house sold. Please keep them in your prayers and rejoice with them as they see their efforts making a difference
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Marcus Whitman Outreach is sponsoring an Emergency Preparedness Workshop. Come learn what you need to do to be ready for a disaster; whether it may be another power outage, ice storm or 'the big one'. Do you have a plan? Do you have a distaster kit? Do you know your neighbors? How will the police and firefighters help in a major emergency? Do you know basic first aid principles? Come explore and learn how you and your family can be better prepared.
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ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING You did it! On May 25th the total One Great Hour of Sharing giving was $365 over the Session’s $5000 goal. Funds like these are already at work in Myanmar, China, and our own Midwest. Thanks to everyone who had a part. |
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Marcus Whitman is site for Community Meetings Saltaire Community has been meeting quarterly in our fellowship hall to talk about community needs and problems. One result of the meetings was a neighborhood clean up day following the 4th of July. The next meeting is scheduled for October 18th from 7 to 8 p.m. As a part of the community, church members are invited to attend. SaltAir Hill Neighborhood Contacts:
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SaltAir Hills Community Clean Up photos here |
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Faith Forum Pastor Lynell Caudillo Something unprecedented happened on October 11th, 2007—the Highline School District in conjunction with the College Success Foundation hosted a “FAITH FORUM”. In attendance were over 50 area pastors and lay leaders representing a wide variety of denominations and faith groups. Furthermore, the School District was well represented by many school principals, vice principals, and administrators of various programs. At my table alone were three pastors, four building principals as well as the Administrator for HSD Security and for the Nutrition Program. The room was full of high powered people who care about children and youth in our community and who are committed to working together on their behalf. Superintendent John Welch, moderated the meeting. There was good interaction with each table, reporting to the whole group, a question/answer time, and several featured speakers who spoke about existing partnerships between schools and faith communities. For instance, there are two churches in the area that, in conjunction with World Vision/KID REACH, offer after school tutoring programs. They work closely with the teachers to see that students are getting the actual help that they need. Also, there is a dental van that is fully outfitted and serves student needs at no cost! In addition, the Des Moines Area Food Bank provides back-packs filled with food that go home with needy students on Fridays, so their families have food to eat on the weekend. The following Monday the students return the empty back-packs, which are picked up by Food Bank volunteers, refilled, and made available to students for taking home again the next Friday. (It is not a stretch of the imagination to thin k that food that YOU donate and put in our blue barrel, ends up in one of these student back-packs!) I was very impressed with the folks I met, with the quality of discussion and with the desire to partner together in significant ways. Before the meeting ended, Supt. Welch committed to develop a joint committee of faith leaders and district leaders (I volunteered and so did the Principal from Parkside!) in order to follow up on some items we discussed. There is a desire to connect local pastors with the school administrators in their immediate neighborhoods, to develop an “exchange network” of faith leaders and school district folks with the goal of developing more partnerships of various kinds that can benefit at risk students and families. I am very optimistic! Let’s pray for our teachers and school administrators, students and families, as well as for meaningful ways we can be involved!
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Howard Seal's gone home
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The Boyd family